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After having crossed the Slovakia-Hungary border irregularly, migrants wait in the Slovakian village of Chl'aba on September 15, 2023 as they are detained by Slovakian police | Photo: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
From file: German crime statistics show that migration has not had a significant impact on crime rates, however attacks committed against refugees and migrants are on the rise | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/K.J. Hildenbrand
Pope Francis has long put a special focus on the plight of refugees. He is expected to do so again when he visits Marseille | Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images
An estimated 120 boats carrying irregular migrants arrived in Lampedusa in one week in September | Photo: Cecilia Fabiano / AP Photo / picture alliance
From file: An aerial view shows the border wall at the Polish-Belarusian border, in north-eastern Poland on June 8, 202 | Photo: Wojtek Radwanski